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— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776
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— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)
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— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008
A Decisive Defeat for Ahmadinejad
Published Mon, Dec 18 2006 4:24 PM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, Elections
From Reuters: Iran vote "decisive defeat" for president: reformers
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's biggest reformist party said on Monday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had suffered a "decisive defeat" in nationwide elections last week due to his government's "authoritarian and inefficient methods".
The government's spokesman countered that by saying the government had no favored candidates in Friday's twin votes for local councils and a powerful clerical body known as the Assembly of Experts and was happy to work with the winners.
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"The initial results of elections throughout the country indicate that Mr. Ahmadinejad's list has experienced a decisive defeat nationwide," the pro-reform Islamic Iran Participation Front said in a statement.
"These results were tantamount to a big 'no' to the government's authoritarian and inefficient methods," it said.
It's just too bad that Ahmadinejad wasn't up for re-election. That's one nutcase that needs to be taken down a few pegs.
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